1865 in Australia

See also: 1864 in Australia, other events of 1865, 1866 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Governors 1.2 Premiers 2 Events 2.1 Unknown dates 3 Sport 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 See also 7 References

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Sir John Young, Bt
• Governor of Queensland - Sir George Bowen
• Governor of South Australia - Sir Dominick Daly
• Governor of Tasmania - Colonel Thomas Browne
• Governor of Victoria - Sir Charles Darling

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales - James Martin until 3 February, then Charles Cowper
• Premier of Queensland - Robert Herbert
• Premier of South Australia - Arthur Blyth until 22 March, then Francis Dutton until 20 September, then Henry Ayers until 23 October, then John Hart, snr.
• Premier of Tasmania - James Whyte
• Premier of Victoria - James McCulloch

Events

• 26 January - Bushrangers Ben Hall, Johnny Gilbert and John Dunn hold up Kimberley's Inn in the town of Collector, New South Wales. Dunn shoots and kills the local police officer, Constable Samuel Nelson.^[1]
• 21 February - A Royal Commission into the origin and nature of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (a cattle disease) presents its third and final report to the Parliament of Victoria.
• 8 April - Bushranger Dan Morgan is shot dead by a stockman during a police siege at Wangaratta, Victoria.
• 5 May - Bushranger Ben Hall is shot dead by police at Goobang Creek in New South Wales.
• 13 May - Bushranger Johnny Gilbert is shot dead by police at Binalong, New South Wales.
• 1 July - Stamp duty is introduced in New South Wales with the Stamp Duties Act of 1865.
• 17 July - The wooden barquentine Ada collides with the RMS Jeddo and sinks in Sydney Harbour.
• 31 July - Queensland Railways opens the first section of track from Ipswich to Bigge's Camp, the first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world.^[2]
• 30 December - A general election is held in Victoria.

Unknown dates

• Arnott's Biscuits is founded by Scottish baker William Arnott.

Sport

• Toryboy wins the Melbourne Cup. A trophy is awarded for the first time.^[3]

Births

• 4 March - Edward Dyson, poet and novelist (d. 1931)
• 12 March - E. Phillips Fox, naturalist painter (d. 1915)
• 25 March - Ernest Gaunt, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1940)
• 16 April - Harry Chauvel, soldier (d. 1945)
• 2 May - Jens Jensen, politician (d. 1936)
• 4 May - David John Gordon, South Australian politician (d. 1946)
• 27 June - John Monash, soldier (d. 1931)
• 18 July - Dowell Philip O'Reilly, writer (d. 1923)
• 16 August - Mary Gilmore, socialist poet and journalist (d. 1962)
• 18 August - Frank Anstey, politician (d. 1940)
• 14 September - John Northmore, chief justice of Western Australia (d. 1958)
• 17 September - William Murray McPherson, premier of Victoria (d. 1932)
• 27 November - Walter Frederick Gale, banker and astronomer (d. 1945)

Deaths

• 10 March - William Nicholson, mayor of Melbourne and premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 8 April - Dan Morgan, bushranger (b. 1930)
• 5 May - Ben Hall, bushranger (b. 1837)
• 13 May - John Gilbert, bushranger (b. 1842)
• 18 May - Angus McMillan, explorer (b. 1810)
• 28 September - Edward Wise, NSW Supreme Court judge (b. 1818)
• 21 October - Francis Tuckfield, missionary (b. 1808)

See also

• 1865
• 1860s

References